Why is it that the most important time to trust is when it's hardest to?

It's easy to trust when everything is sunshine and flowers and happy, but when it's dark and stormy and cold, it's hard to trust, and yet that is when trust is most vital.

Why is it that when I least feel like reading my Bible and praying is the exact moment when I need the most to?

And yet it's the most rewarding. When I bring myself to read my Bible and pray, and humble myself before God, then is when He speaks to me more than ever, because when I draw near to Him (even if I resist at first), then He draws near to me in return. And oh, what an utterly blessed thing it is to have one's dear Savior draw near to them!!

Life is hard. Full of thorns and trials and tempests and confusion and disbeliefs and temptations.

But that's okay, because Jesus is loving, gracious, merciful, restful. And He's always there, right in the middle of my storms and trials, and not only is He there, but He's holding me, and carrying me, and holding my hand to lead me through it.

When I feel like kicking and struggling and resisting the most, that's the time for me to be still. To be patient, to relax, to trust. No matter how hard it is.

I have to trust that the God of the universe, who created all things and is in all things, is on my side, that He never breaks a promise, and that He loves me with an everlasting love.

You know, maybe life isn't so bad after all.

For if God is for us, then who can be against us?

♥